[2][3] She is an author of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry [1] from Mannford, Oklahoma and a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.

Her books have been awarded the Ruth Benedict Prize by the Association for Queer Anthropology for her co-edited volume, Queer Excursions: Retheorizing Binaries in Language, Gender, and Sexuality.

[3] Davis's activism is split between advocating for Indigenous and endangered language revitalization and the Two-Spirit movement.

In 2014, she served as one of three head dancers at the Bay Area American Indian Two Spirit Society (BAAITS) Powwow.

[7] Davis teaches workshops and courses around language documentation and revitalization and has been involved with the InField/CoLANG Institute as a co-instructor of the Language Activism course at the 2014, 2016, and 2018 summer institutes.